Crime Rates at Hanover Street, Wakefield, WF2 9BW

Hanover Street area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Stanley and Outwood East , and the 457th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hanover Street (WF2 9BW) in the last 12 months was 100.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.2% higher than the Stanley and Outwood East average (67.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hanover Street (WF2 9BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Manor Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Phoenix Court (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.